Chapter 243
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Ye Zhen pushed at his chest. If she was not afraid that his wound would split open, she would have pushed him away heavily. When he finally let go of her, she immediately stood up and took a few steps back.
"Mo Rongzhan, I am your royal sister." Ye Zhen shouted angrily. He was becoming more and more unscrupulous towards her.
"Yao Yao, zhen wants you to be the empress." Mo Rongzhan whispered, his eyes shining because of these words. When he faced the tiger in the hunting forest, he had this idea at that time. In this world, probably only she could be his empress.
Ye Zhen's face changed. She did not feel happy because of his words. Instead, a sadness welled up from the bottom of her heart. How could he so easily say that he wanted to make her empress …
"I'll make you some medicinal cuisine." Ye Zhen whispered, suddenly not wanting to see him.
In her two years of memory, he did not marry any woman as empress. But this time, it changed. He actually said that he wanted to make her empress? If he knew her identity in the future, would he find it ridiculous?
Mo Rongzhan looked at her fleeing back and did not say anything. He just smiled faintly and became more determined in his heart.
"Come in." He said in a low voice. A man in a tight suit quietly appeared outside the door. He was wearing the same clothes as Shen Yi.
Just like Shen Yi, the newcomer was also a member of Mo Rongzhan's secret guard.
"What happened in the past two days?" Mo Rongzhan asked in a low voice.
Originally, Mo Rongzhan would definitely have secret guards protecting him, but that day, he was going to the hunting forest. He thought that it was the royal family's place and he brought guards with him, so he did not let the secret guards follow him. Who knew that an accident would happen?
"Replying to your majesty, Eighth wangye has spread rumors everywhere in the capital that you are unwell. The royal family has sent people to see the deposed emperor in the past two days, but … the deposed emperor did not see them." Wu Chong replied in a low voice.
Mo Rongzhan's eyes darkened slightly, and a cold light flashed in the depths of his eyes. "What's the movement in the court?"
"There are several people who are in close contact with Eighth wangye." Wu Chong said the names one by one.
"It seems like some people really can't wait for me to die in their hands." Mo Rongzhan smiled coldly. "Spread the word that I am critically ill and the position of crown prince is vacant … Perhaps I will have to choose a successor among the princes."
Wu Chong looked at Mo Rongzhan in surprise, "Yes, Your Majesty."
Mo Rongzhan moved his finger and dismissed Wu Chong. His eyes narrowed as he fell into deep thought. His injury this time might have been an accident to some people because the person they wanted to kill was either Yi or Yaoyao.
However, he felt that he could take advantage of this injury to solve the problem that he had not been able to solve.
Weren't there many people in the capital waiting for him to step down? Now, he was giving them a chance to rebel, a chance to drag him down from power.
Regardless of whether it was the mastermind behind the hunting forest or the restless members of the imperial clan who wanted to ally with the dethroned emperor to rebel, he could use this opportunity to make them give up.
Not long after Wu Chong retreated, Tang Zhen came.
"… Half a month ago, Eighth Wangye asked people to catch a tiger in the mountains and starve it for several days. The day before the little prince was going to the hunting forest, he released the tiger into the mountains and destroyed the hunting ground's wall. I carefully investigated those assassins. They were not ordinary soldiers, but the former family soldiers of Marquis Xinyang. Marquis Xinyang was dissatisfied with being stripped of his title, so he colluded with Eighth Wangye and bought a guard around the little prince. It was that guard who passed the little prince's trace to him." Tang Zhen told Mo Rongzhan the results of the investigation in detail.
Mo Rongzhan's face was as cold as frost. "So, Prince Shun wants to kill him because he hates losing to Yi at polo last time?"
"The person he ordered to kill is the princess." Tang Zhen clenched his fists. Whether the emperor would kill Prince Shun or not, he would not let this person go.
"Take your evidence and arrest him first. Go to the Empress Dowager to get the imperial edict." Mo Rongzhan said coldly, "For the time being, conceal the news that I have woken up."
Tang Zhen immediately took the order and left. He had to communicate with the Empress Dowager first, lest the Empress Dowager reveal the emperor's awakening.
Ye Zhen had been waiting outside the door. Knowing that Tang Zhen was inside, she did not go in. His return must have been Mo Rongzhan's idea. He probably had something important to say.
"Yao Yao …" Tang Zhen came out and saw Ye Zhen. He suddenly felt a pain in his heart and looked at her sadly.
"Brother Tang." Ye Zhen smiled at him.
Tang Zhen opened his mouth. He had a lot to say to her. He should have said it to her in the hunting forest, but now he didn't know what to say.
"Yao Yao, I …" Tang Zhen looked at her with some depression. He gritted his teeth and wanted to say that he was willing to leave the capital for her.
Ye Zhen knew what he was going to say. She smiled faintly. "I'll send this to the emperor first. We'll talk about it next time."
Tang Zhen nodded stiffly. "Okay."
Ye Zhen passed him with the medicinal diet.
He looked back at her and walked down the steps of the Palace of Heavenly Purity. The sun outside was bright, but it could not shine into his heart. His heart had been covered with a layer of haze.
"You and Tang Zhen … When did you become so familiar with each other?" Mo Rongzhan looked at Ye Zhen, who came in. He heard her call Tang Zhen as Brother Tang, which made him feel inexplicably … unhappy.
Ye Zhen didn't even look at him and said faintly, "We are very familiar with each other."
Mo Rongzhan's chest felt more stuffy. "You call me Brother Zhan?"
"…" Ye Zhen looked up at him speechlessly. "Your Majesty, is it your back or your head that hurt?"
How did he become different after two days of lethargy?
Mo Rongzhan's handsome face was calm and he snorted coldly. "When I solve all the troubles, I will tell the Empress Dowager to remove your title of princess. I want to marry you as my empress."
Ye Zhen paused for a moment, came over with a bowl of meat porridge and gently put it on the table next to her. "I don't want to be the empress."
"Why?" Mo Rongzhan frowned at her. Didn't she believe in his feelings for her?
"Mo Rongzhan …" Ye Zhen showed a sad smile. "In my heart, your empress should be Ye Zhen."
"She is dead!" Mo Rongzhan didn't expect her to care so much about this matter.
Ye Zhen shouted angrily, "You killed her!"
"I never wanted her to die. Although I didn't want her to be the empress, I wouldn't kill her either. On that day, I sent Lu Lingzhi to Prince Qin's Mansion to send her to the palace. It was she who burned herself because she was unwilling." Mo Rongzhan said.
"You are talking nonsense. You clearly gave her poisoned wine …" Ye Zhen shook her head. Impossible! She remembered that he gave her poisoned wine. Lu Lingzhi said so.
Mo Rongzhan frowned and said, "When did I give her poisoned wine? Where did you hear that from? "
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